> I am researching the African Methodist Episcopal Church that was incorporated in the Village of Canajoharie in 1857.  Apparently the congregation did not last long as there are virtually no records to be found.  Is there a centralized location for AME Zion church records to go when the congregations dissolve?  I don't have much information to go on, only the date of incorporation and a few names of some early members involved in the incorporation.  Any ideas?

According to the AME site:

<http://www.ame-church.com/directory/presiding-bishops.php>

Richard Franklin Norris of Philadelphia is the presiding bishop of the
First Episcopal District, which includes New York.  That link gives
phone, e-mail and snail mail contact information.

There is also a directory of the New York churches:

<http://www.ame-church.com/directory/search.php?city=&zip=&state=NY&country=US>

so perhaps one of the larger ones might have some ideas.

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Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library